Iconic brand logos are so installed in our visual language that sometimes just a colour or a font is the immediate recognizable element of a brand. We've already seen a version of honest logos that put into a funny manner the reality behind them. Well this time, myHOTjuly came up with a logo series that they have called naked logos, which has the same principal concept. It has a slightly different take on the honesty behind the brand, referring more to what we probably think or unconsciously know about the brand itself.  

In the midst of illustrated interpretations of movie posters, Ben Howdle has come up with a different approach to this trend with his tumblr project Movies {as code}. The name itself pretty much says it all, and code experts or not can find the humour in this synthesized version of pop culture classics. I wonder how the entire plot of a movie would be translated as code... It's also interesting to see how some movies can be easily put in code from their title and others by their plot. Anyway, check out his tumblr- there are some pretty funny entries there! Via &nb

We've seen more than enough re-interpreted movie posters in various styles in the last time, but Samy Boutefah's work focuses more on type than anything else. But what's different this time? The illustrations are more focused into the types used and how they can be related to various movie titles. A funny combination of type and movie puns.      

With the omnipresence of minimalistic movie poster designs, this new input on classic pop culture movies is well received. It's the result of the mix between minimalistic posters and the retro trend of 8-bit. This is the work of Eric Palmer, graphic designer from Denver, which features the pixel version of iconic movies in vibrant colours and pretty simple layout. A nice reminder that the old school aesthetic can be just as trendy! Via  

We've already seen the newest trend in logo design: permutations. But how would that translate into type? Berlin based designer Jacopo Severitano has come up with what would be the lovechild of this two concepts, it's called ZWEI Plus. Basically, he proposes that working on a base grid you can do all the changes you want to create different letterings. The base grid consists of a simple square-dot combination and from then on the possibilities are endless. It's curious how many variations one can create out of this, and how different can the letters be from one another. One can also notice th

The Vitruvian Man, Leonardo da Vinci's (allegedly) iconic drawing has been a classical reference for human anatomy's drawings. From then on, many artists have taken it as inspiration for other work, but this finding right here sure takes the cake. Can you think of pop culture characters dissected in this geometric proportions? (poor Cartman can't even fit there!) Apparently somebody did and it's actually really funny. Images via

We've all probably had to stand a boring powerpoint presentation or two, and more often than not the design plays against any content they're trying to present (probably thanks to the use of clipart images). Now thanks to Duarte Design, Powerpointers of the world can find more attractive design resources for their presentations in their recently launched Diagrammer. Basically, they have an extensive catalog with about 4000 charts that you can choose from five different categories: flow, join, network, segment and stack. The concept behind this idea is to have a more cohesive visual flow for pr

Andreas Scheiger is an austrian graphic designer/illustrator/artist that has some really impressive work under his arm. If you check his website and portfolio you'll see the extensive amount of talented work he's done, mixing old school influences with some very cool ideas, such is the case of his project The Evolution of Type. Unlike other works of history or type or others alike, this one focuses on the 'organic aspect' of letters inspired by the words of Frederic W. Goudy's "The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering". The author states that of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth

Louisiana based graphic designer Patrick Costilow has some great work up in his flickr. The pieces that caught my attention are his solar system posters, maybe because of its mix of simplicity and cleverness, also very up to date with the massive retro trend going on. Each one of the posters features one of the planets from the solar system, it's rings and/or moons with a retro-distressed look. Very simple and eye-catching work if you ask me!  

Stephen Wildish is a UK based designer and illustrator that has a really clever sense of humour and great graphic design skills. His portfolio has some amazing work, particularly his alphabet film posters series but I'd like to mention his funny Venn diagrams: simple-concise-and just a hint of dark humour. My personal favourite is the santa one!  Via